Create PoPS configuration file for quantity allocation and disagreement lite function

Source: R/configuration_qad_lite.R

Pre-process input data for the quantity, allocation, and disagreement lite function. This function separates pre-processing steps from validation to optimize memory usage.

configuration_qad_lite(
  reference,
  comparison,
  mask,
  use_configuration = FALSE,
  use_distance = FALSE,
  use_rmse = FALSE,
  output_folder_path = ""
)

Arguments

reference

Path to the raster with ground truth data. Values > 1 are reclassified to 1, values < 1 to 0, and NA remains unchanged (except for RMSE).

comparison

Path to the raster with simulated data. Values > 1 are reclassified to 1, and values < 1 to 0 (except for RMSE).

mask

Path to the raster mask.

use_configuration

Boolean to use configuration disagreement for model comparison. Default is FALSE.

use_distance

Boolean to compare distances between simulations and observations. Default is FALSE.

use_rmse

Boolean to use RMSE (root mean square error) for comparison. Used only if population data is accurate enough.

output_folder_path

this is the full path with either / or \ (e.g., "C:/user_name/desktop/pops_sod_2020_2023/outputs/"). If not provided, the config_qad_rds, masked and reclassified rasters will be exported to the same directories as the input reference and comparison folders.